{"id":254654,"date":"2025-11-01T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/254654\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:00:10","slug":"senne-lammens-says-theres-something-he-really-doesnt-like-about-referees-in-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/254654\/","title":{"rendered":"Senne Lammens says there\u2019s something he really doesn\u2019t like about referees in the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senne Lammens has been a revelation for Manchester United this season, but he\u2019s not enjoying everything about the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a brilliant start to life in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> net for the Belgian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/senne-lammens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senne Lammens<\/a>, as he has offered a much-needed upgrade on Altay Bayindir.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/what-the-stretford-end-was-chanting-toward-senne-lammens-during-his-manchester-united-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United fans have labelled Lammens as the new Peter Schmeichel<\/a> already, with his reliable shot-stopping and aerial strength being a breath of fresh air from recent years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/belgian-press-react-to-senne-lammens-performance-for-manchester-united-vs-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lammens even passed the Anfield test<\/a>, making crucial interventions as United claimed a historic 2-1 win after almost a decade without winning in the fixture.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has not all been smooth sailing for Lammens.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2238780193-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Senne Lammens barking instructions to his Manchester United defence\" class=\"wp-image-301332\" \/>Photo by PAUL ELLIS\/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat Senne Lammens really doesn\u2019t like about Premier League referees<\/p>\n<p>There was always going to be a learning curve to some degree, with Lammens coming from the Belgian league, which is notoriously the most physical in the world, and therefore, he has been afforded some grace.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/man-utd-have-finally-found-a-worthy-david-de-gea-replacement-senne-lammens-has-everything\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lammens has been the goalkeeper United have missed<\/a> over the past few years, despite his shock over how much contact attackers get away with by the referees.<\/p>\n<p>Now, speaking to Belgian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/sporza.be\/nl\/2025\/10\/30\/-ongelofelijk-wat-spelers-hier-mogen-doen-tegen-doelmannen-op-bezoek-bij-senne-lammens-in-manchester~1761847486215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sporza<\/a>, Lammens has named that as the biggest difference in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest difference? Set-pieces,\u201d Lammens answers convincingly. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen people get away with the things they do to goalkeepers. It\u2019s sometimes a war in the small five-meter box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey grab you, block you, they do all sorts of things. And usually, the refs let the game continue. That\u2019s the game in the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to adapt to that and train for it, but it\u2019s ____ for every goalkeeper\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He may complain, but Lammens has been pretty flawless in these scenarios so far at United.<\/p>\n<p>Senne Lammens\u2019 stats for Manchester United prove he is world-class in the making<\/p>\n<p>When Lammens arrived at United, there was lots of excitement, with fans well versed on how brilliant he was in Belgium. However, it was a shock when Amorim opted to continue with Bayindir initially.<\/p>\n<p>But when Lammens got his chance, he grabbed it and he hasn\u2019t looked back, as his stats this season prove.<\/p>\n<p>3 games79 per cent save rate3.7 saves per game1.97 goals prevented54 touches per game100 per cent of duels won1.67 high claims per game0 errors leading to goal<\/p>\n<p>Lammens is still only 23, far from the prime years of a goalkeeper, and his start at United makes it crystal clear that he is a future \u2018best in the world\u2019 candidate.<\/p>\n<p>His transformational impact at United should not go unnoticed amid the massive and justified hype around Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko, and Matheus Cunha. United have found the number one for the next years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senne Lammens has been a revelation for Manchester United this season, but he\u2019s not enjoying everything about the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,1614,78007,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-254654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-senne-lammens","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}